Case study

Published 11 September 2026 

Can a state-owned institution build THR delivery for scale?

This case study looks at Telangana Foods and what its long-running centralised Take Home Ration model can offer for nutrition, social protection and food systems learning.

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Authors

Akansha Mishra, GAIN Ruchi Sareen, GAIN Dr Khyati Tiwari, UNICEF S. Yellamanda, Telangana Foods

Contributors

Javits Rajendran, GAIN Narasimha Rao Gaddamanugu, UNICEF Hyderabad office

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What does it take to keep a nutrition delivery system working for decades?

Take Home Ration programmes are often discussed in terms of coverage and supply. But long-term delivery depends on more than getting food products out the door. It requires strong institutions, consistent quality systems, technical capacity, reliable operations and a model that can continue adapting as nutrition standards and programme needs evolve.

This case study explores how Telangana Foods has developed as a public nutrition delivery system over time, and what its experience can offer to other states and partners working to strengthen THR delivery.

Central question

What can other states learn from a model that has been built over more than five decades?

Full case study

Telangana Foods: A centralised THR model built over five decades

What you will learn

The full case study offers practical learning for teams interested in THR systems, public delivery models and nutrition-sensitive social protection.

  • How a state-owned nutrition delivery model has evolved and sustained operations over time.
  • Why institutional design, technical partnerships and quality systems matter for programme scale.
  • How centralised delivery models can support consistency while still needing to respond to beneficiary needs.
  • What other states and partners may consider when adapting lessons from a mature THR system.

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